>> remember we have to talk about hamas and we have to think about iran. some of the missile sites they bombed yesterday in the 50 are strikes had bombed supplied by iran. how do they figure into this whole picture? >> well, they were historically iran and syria. actually, in the recent weeks, you have keen a slight weakening, qatar, hamas is somewhat alienated. again what it shows you can't look at any of these things in total isolation. again, use the fault line analogy. when things vibrate along one, almost geologically they don't to vibrate along the others. and the scary thing about the middle east, there's a lot going on. and there's very few diplomatic circles to begin with so the concern has got to be all of these things start affecting one another. it's likely to have an unhappy ending. >> you know with obama kind of forced lovers to a new degree to avoid contact in israel? >> it doesn't help. netanyahu was widely criticized in israel for tilting, to say the least, in favor of governor romney. the biggest issue is what to do about iran. on the oth